America's discrimination against fat people

He probably wouldn't like my views on guns and taxes, but Americans on the American news have been arguing that Chris Christie (an American) should not run for President in 2012 "because of his weight".

Such an issue would never be discussed in Europe and yet Americans think it's fine to criticize another American based on their weight.

It's another case of where's the freedom? You guys talk-the-talk but don't walk-the-walk.

You run your politicians much longer than most (they nearly all have grey hair).

And as for your drivers. Tsk.

Elderly drivers should be more heavilly regulated. In England, over a certain age there is a yearly test (I think) and your doctor can stop you driving as well.

In America, you have too many elderly people driving. Most are not safe behind the wheel. They should take the bus instead.

Ban drivers over the age of 70.

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I actually agree with you on this, up to your last sentence. In the UK, at 70 you may be done, finished, feeble,blind and demented, but in the US, 70 is the new 50. Socialized medicine decides whether you deserve treatment or not.

Steve Jobs had a great sense of what hardware and software could do. My mother, in her 90s, can use her Apple laptop and tablet to check her Facebook page. I know countless people who were both terrible or great at the geekier side of computing that fell in love with Apple's products, and benefited greatly from Jobs ability to design and make products that were both more powerful and easier to use at the same time. That said, it was not clear what his longer run vision was for society, other than to sell us more Apple products.
James Love